Name/Title
Typed history of the Taylor Eucalyptus Tree, 1954Entry/Object ID
1998.191.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.191.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: EUCALYPTUS TREE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1954
OBJECT: BOOKLET
DESCRIPTION:
SEMI -HARD-BOUND BOOKLET, LOOSE-LEAF, WITH CONTENTS TYPEWRITTEN AND ACCOMPANIED BY PHOTOGRAPHS.
SIZE: L 12" X W 9-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
TYPEWRITTEN HISTORY OF THE TAYLOR EUCALYPTUS TREE THAT STOOD AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PARK AND CENTRAL AVENUES IN ALAMEDA, CA. THE TREE WAS ORIGINALLY PLANTED BY DR WILLIAM GIBBONS IN HONOR OF BISHOP WILLIAM TAYLOR. THE SCRIPT ALSO INCLUDES A BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC COPY OF A PORTRAIT OF EK TAYLOR, SON OF WILLIAM, LATER MAYOR ALAMEDA. ALSO INCLUDED IS COPY OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF BISHOP WILLIAM TAYLOR. OBJECT WAS DONATED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1954 AND NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
DONOR:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: APRIL 11, 1998
